NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 81
On December 12, the Raptors beat the Clippers away.

Dazhi scored 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists in this game. Compared with the previous game against the Mavericks, he has a higher shooting percentage tonight.

Kumbu is relieved that he has won two out of three games this week.

Big Zhi's current stats are good. If he can maintain this stat against the Lakers and win the Lakers, the best chance of the week is very high.

Even if they lose to the Lakers, as long as Dazhi's data is good, it's not like there's no chance at all.

After the second phase of the task is completed, Da Zhi's physical fitness will undergo a radical change, and his defensive strength will increase geometrically by then.

"That kid's strength is really good."

"But I can definitely score at least [-] points on his head. The Raptors' inside line can't stop me at all."

"Ben's height only reaches my knees, and Jermaine is a pirated version of O'Neal. The pirated version can never be compared with the genuine one."

"As for Camby, his data is too watery. If it were me, in that environment, I could score five pairs."

The big mouthed O'Neal has never been afraid of offending people. It seems that among all the inside players in the history of the league, the only one he has expressed respect to is Big Dream.

The admiral was miserably tricked by him. He spread rumors that he asked for the admiral's signature in high school, but was ignored by the admiral, which attracted many fans to criticize the admiral for playing big names.

Later, O'Neill himself admitted that this was a rumor he made.

The strength of an inside combination like the Raptors has been recognized by the entire league, but in the eyes of O'Neill, it is a straggler, which is not worth mentioning at all.

"That fat man is too arrogant!"

Big Ben was going to be blown up, his height was the biggest shortcoming, but it wasn't so outrageous that it only reached O'Neill's knee.

"If I entered the league ten years earlier, he would be a pirated O'Neal."

Little Ao gritted his teeth in hatred, and O'Neill's tone seemed to say that Ao was trying to gain his fame, as if Ao's surname wasn't O'Neill in the first place.

"Or I won't take a rest, and I will beat him up on the court."

"Don't look at this fat man, he is not my opponent in a fight."

On the brightest night of Camby's life, he was also pissed off when he was told that he was worthless by that fat man.

Kong Bu smirked, "Take it easy, guys."

"When the game is over tomorrow night, you can enjoy his wonderful expression."

In the blink of an eye, it's eight o'clock the next night.

Before the start of the game, Combe shook hands with Lakers coach Silver Fox Harris.

The last time Harris stood up for himself, Combe should always express some gratitude.

Harris later had a relationship with the Tianchao men's basketball team. In 2004, he coached the men's basketball national team and played the best quarterfinals in men's basketball history.

In addition, the United Arab Emirates was selected by the Bucks at the sixth position, and the old Harris also contributed. His son was Harris Jr., the general manager of the Bucks.

The little Marlon and his son next to Kongbu are considered to be relatively good in the league, but they are not good enough in front of the Harris and his son.

The referee whistled and the game officially started.

Big Zhi and Big Ben are the Raptors' starting insiders tonight.

The Lakers got the ball and started to attack, leading Nick Van Exel, also known as Fan Maniac, to control the ball to the front court, looking for an opportunity to pass the ball to O'Neal.

This is the only tactic the Lakers currently have. If they can pass the pass to O'Neal, they can pass it. If they can't, they can shoot from outside.

Maybe this is the reason why Silver Fox Harris can succeed in coaching the Tianchao men's basketball team in the future. If he can pass to Yao Ming, he will pass it.

Big Ben is stuck behind O'Neal, and Big Zhi is going around to defend O'Neal.

This kind of double-teaming is the standard defensive strategy for most teams in the league when facing O'Neal.

One behind the top, and one in front to cut off O'Neal's receiving route.

Big Zhi's height and agility showed its value at this time. He waved his arms in front of O'Neal, not to mention Fan Crazy.

The Lakers starting power forward Robert Horry, Limara out of the three-second zone, he wanted to lead the big Zhi away from O'Neal.

It's a pity that Da Zhi didn't move at all, just kept standing in front of O'Neill.

Crazy Fan had no choice but to pass the ball to Horry who was open.

Horry was the winner of O'Neal's loss to Olajuwon in the finals. Without Horry, O'Neal might have won the championship that year.

After coming to the Lakers, O'Neal may be worried about repeating the same mistakes, so he simply got Horry by his side.

Horry is still very good with O'Neal. He can do dirty work and has a good shooting ability. When O'Neal is double-teamed, Horry can shoot open shots.

As soon as Crazy Fan made the pass, Big Zhi had already given up on O'Neal and ran towards Horry.

Relying on good speed, Big Zhi reached the front of Horry the moment he caught the ball.

Seeing Dazhi who was at least ten centimeters taller than him, Horry immediately lost the desire to make a move.

He can indeed shoot, but he's more of a spot-up shooter than Jordan's fadeaway.

As a role player, one should have the consciousness of a role player, and Horry distributed the ball again.

As soon as the ball was passed, Big Zhi immediately turned around and returned to the penalty area, continuing to defend O'Neal.

Lakers coach Silver Fox Harris was amazed, not to mention whether Kumbu's defensive arrangement was exquisite, but the young big guy's football intelligence and tactical execution ability on the field made him very excited.

This is a player who knows what to do on the court.

Big Ben's scene at the moment looked a little sad, but also a little funny.

He bent over, lowered his center of gravity as much as possible, made his foot more stable, and stuck tightly behind O'Neal.

O'Neill straightened his body because he needed to find an opportunity to catch the ball, and his fat buttocks were just touching Big Ben's head.

The height is a bit shorter, the tonnage is a lot lighter, and Daben's body is almost completely covered by Ao Pang. Some fans can't even see Daben at all because of the angle problem.

Eddie Jones made a three-pointer from the outside.

"Rebound, rebound!" Da Zhi spoke with a weird accent, loudly reminding Da Ben whose vision was completely blocked by Ao Pang.

Big Ben hastily withdrew his strength, circled from behind O'Neal to the front of his body, exerted force with his broad back muscles, and continued to push O'Neal towards the bottom corner.

"Bang!" Jones missed a three-pointer, Big Ben was still fighting with O'Neal, and Big Zhi grabbed the defensive rebound on Horry's head.

Now that Da Zhi has an 85-point rebounding ability, it is not a problem to eat Horry.

The Lakers' offensive round took 15 seconds, and Combe was thrilled to see it.

Big Ben didn't even take off from the beginning to the end, and he has been desperate for Ca' Neil, not giving him space to take off.

It's not that he wants to give the data to Big Zhi, but that he can't take off at all.

Any blue-collar insider in the league, even Uncle Dashan Mu in Africa, would definitely not be more perfect than Daben.

As for Big Zhi, his 15-second performance was impeccable.

While defending O'Neal around the front, he didn't give Horry an open shot, and he won the rebound at the last moment.

In just 15 seconds, the Lakers felt a sense of crisis.

In the Raptors' offensive round, McGrady, who returned from injury, scored a mid-range shot under the defense of Eddie Jones.

Jones is currently the starting shooting guard and perimeter core of this Lakers team. He is excellent both offensively and defensively.

Even Kobe, whom Jerry West racked his brains to deceive, has to honestly substitute Jones for now.

It's the Lakers' round again, and the Raptors' defensive strategy is still the same. They can defend as they want from the outside, and continue to double-team O'Neal inside.

Horry learned to be smart this time. After pulling out of the three-second zone, he deliberately came outside the three-point line.

In this way, if Dazhi came to defend himself, he would not be able to return to O'Neal immediately.

Sure enough, after Da Zhi rushed out to make up the defense, the Lakers quickly passed the ball back to O'Neal, and then O'Neal only saw the big Ben with his back.

Even if he saw Dazhi running towards him, he had no intention of throwing the ball away.

"boom!"

With a strong slam dunk, the entire basketball hoop hummed.

Da Zhi and Da Ben became the background board.

Weak, too weak, Daben is very sure that even if he made a tough foul to pull O'Neal just now, it would not be able to destroy his scoring, and even give him a chance to get an additional penalty.

Kumbu frowned, the most dominant center in the basket was not blown out, even Daben was helpless.

As long as he gets the ball at the basket, it's hard for anyone on the planet to stop him from scoring.

This season, O'Neal shot 75% from the basket. This is not his scariest season. In the 00-01 season, his shooting percentage from the basket reached a sky-high 79.2%!

Therefore, defending around the front is definitely a very restrained defensive strategy for O'Neill. Not going around the front allows him to catch the ball comfortably. He is really good at blocking and killing gods.

In the next offensive round, Horry got the benefit and kept running outside the three-point line.

O'Neill is addicted to hacking, and he seized the opportunity to hack and dunk.

Seeing that his side had run out of fouls in this quarter, Combe quickly replaced Zayn Tabak on the field.

Tabak was a second-round pick in 91, a white seven-foot center from Croatia, and in the Raptors, he is the kind of role that guards the drinking fountains for thousands of years.

There is no transaction value, and you can't sell it even if you want to sell it.

O'Neill sneered, Big Ben couldn't defend himself, and this thin white man would only end up being abused.

Ten seconds later, the smile on his face was transferred to Kumbu's face.

Big Zhi went to chase Horry, and Crazy Fan passed the ball to O'Neill. Before O'Neill could catch the ball, Tabak hugged O'Neill with both arms.

The referee's whistle sounded and O'Neal got two free throws.

One of two free throws.

Then Wu Sheng hit a three-pointer, and when it was the Lakers' offensive round, Crazy Fan passed the ball to O'Neal again, and the referee's whistle sounded again.

Another two free throws.

O'Neill's face changed drastically, he finally understood why Combe replaced Daben and replaced him with a player like Tabak.

Tabak is a cannon fodder, and he will be reimbursed after six foul opportunities are used up.

Daben's free throws are not as good as his own. Even if the two sides cut each other, the Lakers have the advantage.

In the next few minutes, O'Neal really experienced what it means to be in pain, because his mentality exploded, his free throw percentage dropped even more, and he only made 10 of 4 free throws.

Only 5 points were scored in 8 offensive rounds, while the Raptors scored [-] points. The advantage that O'Neal played before was immediately wiped out.

Silver Fox Harris hurriedly replaced O'Neal and replaced Campbell, but Kumbu saw the trick and took Da Ben up again.

The Lakers team is not like the Knicks. If the team is divided into nobles and civilians, the Knicks are a gangster with some money.

They didn't even bother to use the shark-slashing tactic, which was an unsightly trick. Even if Da Ben played, Harris would not be moved.

Where is Campbell's opponent, the Lakers immediately fell into a disadvantage on the court.

When Harris replaced O'Neal on the field, Combe immediately replaced Big Ben, put Old Mahon on, and continued to chop the shark.

This game has become O'Neal's solo free throw show. Lakers fans stood up and scolded Comb for being shameless. They spent hundreds of dollars in high ticket prices, and no one came to see O'Neal's free throws.

When the referee announced the end of the game, O'Neill suddenly felt like he had been in prison for 30 years, the kind that was wrongly imprisoned.

He sat on the bench with empty eyes, his face full of lovelessness.

Big Ben committed four fouls, Tabak five, Mahon five, Jermaine O'Neill four, and Roy Rogers four. Comb controlled the number of fouls by his own players very well.

O'Neal directly made 32 free throws in this game, and only scored 14 free throws. He scored 32 points and scored a lot. The offensive efficiency is not flattering at all.

(End of this chapter)